Ἔλαβε δὲ ἑαυτῷ Ἰακὼβ ῥάβδον στυρακίνην χλωρὰν καὶ καρυΐνην καὶ πλατάνου· καὶ ἐλέπισεν αὐτὰς Ἰακὼβ λεπίσματα λευκά· καὶ περισύρων τὸ χλωρὸν, ἐφαίνετο ἐπὶ ταῖς ῥάβδοις τὸ λευκὸν, ὃ ἐλέπισε, ποικίλον.

1. Ἔλαβε
   Took
2. δὲ
   but
   and
3. ἑαυτῷ
   himself
   for himself
4. Ἰακὼβ
   Jacob
5. ῥάβδον
   rod
6. στυρακίνην
   of storax
7. χλωρὰν
   fresh
8. καὶ
   and
9. καρυΐνην
   of walnut
   almond
10. καὶ
    and
11. πλατάνου
    of plane tree
    plane tree
12.  
    ·
     
13. καὶ
    and
14. ἐλέπισεν
    he stripped
    he peeled, peeled
15. αὐτὰς
    them
16. Ἰακὼβ
    Jacob
17. λεπίσματα
    peelings
18. λευκά
    white
19.  
    ·
     
20. καὶ
    and
21. περισύρων
    scraping off
    stripping
22. τὸ
    the
23. χλωρὸν
    green
24.  
    ,
     
25. ἐφαίνετο
    appeared
    it seemed
26. ἐπὶ
    upon
27. ταῖς
    the
28. ῥάβδοις
    rods
    with rods
29. τὸ
    the
30. λευκὸν
    white
31.  
    ,
     
32. ὃ
    the
33. ἐλέπισε
    he peeled
34.  
    ,
     
35. ποικίλον
    varied
36.  
    .
     

Jacob took for himself fresh rods of storax, walnut, and plane tree, and Jacob peeled white strips from them, and by scraping off the green, the white which he peeled appeared in varied patterns upon the rods.